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| The coming horror |
ADVERTISTMENTS |
 Consider this: Thunderstorms, rain and floods at unusual times of the year. Government troops and the LTTE fighting over land in the north and the east that may not even exist in the future. Sea levels rising by half a metre, dry areas getting drier and wet areas becoming wetter, leading to floods in the wet zone and droughts in the dry zone. |
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| Vesak behind walls |
 Vesak lanterns, pandals and other Vesak decorations are taking shape in people’s homes and workplaces and even behind the forbiddingly high walls of the Welikada jail. Inmates of the Welikada prison have been engrossed in making their Vesak decorations for some weeks now. The pandal which shows the “Sama Jathakaya” was being completed when we visited last week. |
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| Bhikkuni pleas |
 Standing at a crossroad at Pita Kotte, Bhikkuni H. Supeshala looks like any other member of the female Sangha. But there is determination in her voice and fire in her eyes as she advocates the right to education assistance for Sri Lanka’s order of bhikkunis. |
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| Lester’s loss |
 It has been an emotive week for the Sri Lankan film industry. On the same evening, at the same place, two major announcements were made by the doyen of the country’s film-makers, Lester James Peries, during the launch of the book Lester by Lester. One announcement was that he had taken the decision to retire: |
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| Sea rangers |
 HIKKADUWA – The morning sun beat down, yet the eight men didn’t seem to feel the heat. Anticipation flickered across their faces as they gathered their masks and fins and waded across the shallow water into boats for their first experience of skin diving. Speeding out to sea, past the tourists and the fishing boats, the excitement was palpable. |
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